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Old Dec 14, 2007, 05:41 AM // 05:41   #321
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hehe i think i had the same guy.

Him/Her: "Give me your password and email"

Me: "no"

Him/Her: "you suck"
Same thing happened to me >_>
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Old Dec 14, 2007, 09:59 PM // 21:59   #322
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This happened today (I'm the guild leader):

Me: (to guild) As soon as I reach Cavalon, I'll make our guild Luxon.
Him: My mate can do it for you, he's already been there.
Mate: Yeah, I have.
Me: Only the leader can do it...
Him: Yeah, but my mate can do it for you...
Me: You expect me to give control of my guild to someone I met two minutes ago?
Him: Come on, you can trust us lol, we play lots of Advance Battles!!! And AB's!!!
Me (slightly confused as to the relevance of that...): And that matters how?
Him: You can trust us lol, we're faction farmers.
Me: *kick* *kick*

Loved the "You can trust us, we're faction farmers"...
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Old Dec 14, 2007, 10:36 PM // 22:36   #323
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This happened today (I'm the guild leader):

Me: (to guild) As soon as I reach Cavalon, I'll make our guild Luxon.
Him: My mate can do it for you, he's already been there.
Mate: Yeah, I have.
Me: Only the leader can do it...
Him: Yeah, but my mate can do it for you...
Me: You expect me to give control of my guild to someone I met two minutes ago?
Him: Come on, you can trust us lol, we play lots of Advance Battles!!! And AB's!!!
Me (slightly confused as to the relevance of that...): And that matters how?
Him: You can trust us lol, we're faction farmers.
Me: *kick* *kick*

Loved the "You can trust us, we're faction farmers"...
....Advanced battles? What?
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Old Dec 15, 2007, 02:33 PM // 14:33   #324
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Yesterday I saw someone yelling this in local chat:



translated:

can i be leader in your guild for 5 minutes? u get 100k for it (thank you)
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Old Dec 15, 2007, 03:33 PM // 15:33   #325
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WTS Zaishen tokens! 5 tokens = 1 zaishen key! 200g per token, quickly i only got 150 tokens left!

and...

scammer:I GIVE YOU 15 BLACK DYES FOR IT!
me: k
scammer: *puts 15 gray dyes in the window*
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Old Dec 15, 2007, 04:45 PM // 16:45   #326
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I was gonna try out my new Ursan skillz in the lower lvl mission area, while standing in Frost Gate, someone was spamming something that he needed help.
As soon as I entered the party, I got teleported to the mission without asking.
After a while the other guy (with full hench team) loaded and started yelling something like: HLEP ME FINSH THIS MISSION I GIVE YOU 5k.
and I went like: -.-

Ofcourse this was an obvious scam, he would never pay the money at the end for this lousy mission. Plus he appeared to not have been playing that much, so he probably didnt even have the 5k. (I remember it took me ages to get my 2k for my own guild at first)

So we proceeded, ofcourse my noob scammer friend had to go afk during it, due to unknown reasons or his connection sucked bigtime. Anyway, I kinda finished the mission with him always lagging 1 screen behind with the henchies. We mapped to Beacons Perch, he left party and I just saw his avatar running through the portal into Lornar's Pass.

Obviously I pmed him asking where my money was. First it was quiet. So I pmed him again, that I was reporting him. This got him scared, so he promptly responded with a plea for mercy. He didnt have the money as he explained, but he would ask his friends in his guild to lend him some money. As long as I wouldnt report him...
Well after a minute or so, I had my fun making the youngster almost cry and told him I already knew he would be scamming me and that I would have done the mission for free anyway. I scolded him for trying to scam people, telling him he shouldnt promise stuff he cant make true and all. And he was like yes-sir.
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Old Dec 15, 2007, 05:08 PM // 17:08   #327
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Trying to pay 50g instead of 50k for my Sup. Vigor. Back when they were 50k.
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Old Dec 15, 2007, 05:26 PM // 17:26   #328
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Worst one I actually fell for because I was playing for about 6 hours straight and was dead tired.
I was selling a Grey Giant mini for 20k and someone offered 20g in the trade window and I accepted. DOHHHHHHH
Oh well live and learn NOT to sell anything when I'm tired.
ya same thing here selling leet rit tome for 15k, someone puts in 1.5k *presses accept* /doh
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Old Dec 15, 2007, 09:16 PM // 21:16   #329
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ok, this one falls under the category "pathetic".

I was selling a warrior tome in Kamadan for 400g. A guy says he'll buy and puts 4g in the trade window. Scamming a 400g item. That's Pathetic!!!
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Old Dec 16, 2007, 04:10 AM // 04:10   #330
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WTS Zaishen tokens! 5 tokens = 1 zaishen key! 200g per token, quickly i only got 150 tokens left!

well, there was an idiot selling them in high end forum, 750 tokens 100k
"hurry up, i only have 30,000 tokens"
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Old Dec 16, 2007, 04:24 PM // 16:24   #331
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Taxing to the UW 1k! ...
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Old Dec 16, 2007, 05:21 PM // 17:21   #332
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some noob was begging for 50gold for storage open in shingjea...i accidently gave him 50k and only noticed once trade done....ofc i did pm him askin for my 49k back and got straight ignore....gg....ok my bad i accidently confused.but yeah...u try help people and u get scammed...
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Old Dec 16, 2007, 05:34 PM // 17:34   #333
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Well Water when you make any transactions you gotta pay attention. If that's impossible for you then you're better off not helping/trading anyone. Double check 3-5 times to make sure you did everything correct..that's what I do.
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Old Dec 16, 2007, 05:56 PM // 17:56   #334
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Haha, self-scammed! I think that one wins the thread, people.
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Old Dec 16, 2007, 06:35 PM // 18:35   #335
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some noob was begging for 50gold for storage open in shingjea...i accidently gave him 50k and only noticed once trade done....ofc i did pm him askin for my 49k back and got straight ignore....gg....ok my bad i accidently confused.but yeah...u try help people and u get scammed...
Gahh, tahts sucks... neevr ever give those guys anything. Its not like 50g is even hard to get. go to the exit of the monestary and accept the quest. go out and rezone back in... accept for a few gold. Go out and kill a few monsters to sell the loot... et voila. 50g+ in a few minutes. No need to finance those low level lazy scammers.
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Old Dec 16, 2007, 06:35 PM // 18:35   #336
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I've done my fair share of trading over the years and have seen it all. The switch, the drop that item so I can see it, the can I hold it to see if it looks good on me, the pay you later, the trade it now and I'll trade you back if you get a better offer, the I can dupe for you.., the this (crappy) item is worth so much, and all the other pathetic attempts at scamming. Even still I was half asleep and traded something for gold instead of platinum. But I actually got it back by threatening to report him with the screen shots I took. I said that his account would be banned and he gave it back and begged me not to tell anet. I might still have the screens.

I adid a destroyer weapon run for some dude who offered to pay 100k, and when I went to trade he offered up a lot less than we agreed upon. He reasoned that I would have to take it or get stuck with a something that I didn't want and would be hard to sell. I told him no deal and that I would eventually sell it. He countered cuz he wanted it and I just told him that I would report to anet and contact people in his guild and let them know what a pos he was. He apologized and started making higher offers. Since he didn't have enough money, he sold off some junk and I cut him a break. In the end, I sold it for the amount I would have given it to him if he had just asked initially.

Usually I'll play along with scammers because time is money and I'm waiting to sell stuff in town anyways so they lose time and miss out on potentially scamming someone else the longer I play along. Eventually I let them know or they figure out how lame they are. If they seem half decent or a misled noob, I'll explain how easy it is to legitimately make money. I don't know if it's ever helped, but hopefully one or 2 have seen the light.
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Old Dec 16, 2007, 06:46 PM // 18:46   #337
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Haha, I've gotten the "What's your e-mail and password" "Not telling" "Noob" guy too. :P That's about the only scam I've seen. Even when I was selling a mini oni, people were generally pretty legit about it.
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Old Dec 16, 2007, 06:47 PM // 18:47   #338
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some noob was begging for 50gold for storage open in shingjea...i accidently gave him 50k and only noticed once trade done....ofc i did pm him askin for my 49k back and got straight ignore....gg....ok my bad i accidently confused.but yeah...u try help people and u get scammed...
Sorry Water, that is not a scam. YES, absolutely, he should have either not accepted it or given it back, but you should have paid attention. Scam means something other than what was advertised. Sorry but that was not. That was a very costly mistake on your part, not his.

I once overpaid in presear. I put in 2k rather than 200g for a bow. The guy accepted it. Did he scam me? NO I screwed up. I learned a)never trade exhausted and b) check EVERY trade multiple times, even routine ones. Live and learn.
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Old Dec 16, 2007, 06:55 PM // 18:55   #339
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lol, just scammed a scammer...

Him in tradechat WTS 6ectos 4K each

me ... wow, thats a great price.. PM him and start trade

he puts in 6 Muursat Tokens and accepts immediately.... I put in 24 gold after reading and accept

him... starts flaming and I report him for abusive language... no need to even bother Anet for trying to report a scammer or to start abusing him back
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Old Dec 16, 2007, 06:57 PM // 18:57   #340
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lol, just scammed a scammer...

Him in tradechat WTS 6ectos 4K each

me ... wow, thats a great price.. PM him and start trade

he puts in 6 Muursat Tokens and accepts immediately.... I put in 24 gold after reading and accept

him... starts flaming and I report him for abusive language... no need to even bother Anet for trying to report a scammer or to start abusing him back

Pwnt. lol =D
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